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APPARATUS FOR EFFECTTNG THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRAINING MOVEMENT 0F GUNCABRIAGES MOUNTED 0N RAILWAY TRUCKS.

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APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRAINING MOVEMENT 0F GUNCARRIAGES MOUNTED 0N RAILWAY TRUCKS.

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I According to this invention .of'the girder-like gun carriage is formedUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE scnNEInEIaoE LE CREUZOT, FRANCE, ,ASSIGNOR. r'o SCHNEIDER &,GIE., or

- rAEIs, EA oE, A LIMITED JoINr-srooK COMPANY o EA o .APIEARATUS FOREFFECTING- THE USTMEN'I OF THE TRAINING MOVEMENT OF To all whom it mayconcern:

Be" it lmown that I, EUGENE SCHNEIDER, a citizen ofthe FrenchRepublic,and a .resie dent of Le Creuzot, Sane-et-Loire, France, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Efiecting the Adjustment ofthe Training Movement of Gun- Garriages Mounted :on Railway-Trucks,whichinvention is fully set forth in the fol: lowing specification.

' ,f-T-his invention has for its object to 'provide improved apparatusfor: effecting the adjustment of the training movement of 1 guncarriages carried on railway trucks when firing the gun .direct from therailway said gun carriages comprising a girder-like structure thatconstitutes the gun carriage proper, being supported by means ofverticalfpivots on two or more railway The improved apparatus consistsin ,a-combination of means for enabling'the girder- -like .gun carriagewith the gun and acfcessories-carried by the said carriageto be rotated.on the fore-pivot of the said carriageawithout altering the position-ofthe railway :tru'cksorof the supports for the .gunzcarriage on therailway. a 1

the rear pivot in one piece or fixed to a turntable mounted onthe;supporting truck, and the girder- ,ilikel carriage is adapted "to slideover said turntable, by means of a transverse screw rotating inandpmoving longitudinally through a nut which is pivoted bymeans oftwo'vertical trunnions in a recess formed inthe said rear pivot. r r Ontheother hand the devices for supporting the gun carriage on the railwaycompriseindependent soleplates that constitute the supports proper andare adapted: to .be clamped upon the railway. .Thesensoleplates arecoupled by means of 'tierods or connecting rods when thegun is inposition jfor filing, in such a manner as to clampthe girder likecarriage between them and thus be'carried along by the latterin itssliding, mOVement in the recoil. The said supporting devices form withtheir upper suriacesysupports forscrew-jacks carried by .thegirder-likecarriage, when the gun is beingafi ed 1; "f ran-embod ment ofth s n enoni :illusr vI vI of Fig. 5.

GUN-CARRIAGES MOUNTED ON RAILWAY-TRUCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed September 6, 1917. Serial No. 189,948.

trated by way of example in the accompany- 1ng drawings in which Figure1 is a side elevation partly in vertlcal section of a gun carriagesupported on trucks, constructed according to this invention, the partsbeing shown in the position they occupy when the gun is .being fired.

Fig. 2 is a plan thereof.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal section on the line III-III of Fig.1.

Fig. 4: is a plan corresponding to Fig. 2, showing the gun carriageafter -being turned on its fore-pivot for the purpose of correctmg oradjusting the training of the carrlage, and consequently of the gun.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section drawn to ,a' larger scale on the lineV-V offiFig. 1.

Fig. 6;is a horizontalv section on the line Fig. 7 is a similarhorizontal section show- -mg the partsm a dilferent'position of thetraining.

Fig. 8 is a vertical cross section drawn to the same scale as Figs. 5,6and 7, on the line :VIIIVIII-of Fig. 1.-

.Fig. 9 is a partial side'elevation-drawn to a larger scale showing the"details of thedevices for supporting the girder-like gun carriage'onthe railway in the firing position of the gun.

Fig. 10 is a similar 'partial side elevation showing the supportingdevice raised for traveling.

Flgs. 11 and 12-are respectively vertical cross sections, on thejlinesXI.XI and XII-XEII of Fig. 9..

' I In all these figures, A isagirdenlike gun carriage supported on twovrailway trucks B and C' by means of twovertical'pivots.

vThe-i ore-pivot a is of the usualc'onstruction. The rear pivot a isformed in one piecewith or fixed to a turntable D which is adapted torevolve on a circular track 0 of .therear railway truck C by means ofroller (1.5 This turntable D serves as aslideway for the rear end of thegirder A in'the-movementswhich it is caused-to make around itsfore-pivot a, for the purpose of adjusting the training-01E the carriageand consequentlyof a the g n. These sliding movements are producedaccording to thisinvention by the movement of a transverse screw Ejournaled in the girder A, in a nut F which can pivot in its turny m sof t o rt al run- Figs. 4 and 7 acks I. v Y i 4 I The soleplates H areprovided with suit able-devices for clamping "the rails of the nions f,in a box G held in a recess formed in the center of the turntable-pivotDa Rotarymotion can be imparted to'th'e screw E by means of chains orother gearing (ee It will be readily understoodthaton acif tuating thesegearings, the screw E will be moved longitudinally through the nut. F'

which is held in the turntable-pivot Da whereby the said screw Emay bemoved for instance from the position shown in Figs. 2 and 6, into theposition shown in The devices are provided for supporting thegirder-like carriage A on-the railwayin addition to thetrucksBC. Thesecomprise independent soleplates H (Figs. 1, 8, 9 and 10) whichconstitute the support proper. The girder A rests during the firing ofthe gun on the upper-surfaces of these soleplates through the medium ofraisable screwrailway. These devices may be constructed for instance asshown in detail in Figs, 9; to

carriage.

12. In the example shown, each soleplate comprises two clamping tongsfor each rail.

For this purposenuts J "formed onthe'soleplates H serve as supports fortwo fulcrum pins la forjaws KL' Lis ascrew provided with a wedge LBy'means of this screw working in the nut J, the jaws K may be "clamped.or unclamped at will onand from the head M'of the rail.

The soleplates H are provided with hooks k by means of which-theycanbe-suspended for traveling from suitable members N permanently connectedto the girder A4 In order to facilitate the un'clampin'g'of thesoleplates H, after the supporting screwj'acks I have been raised, thesaid -soleplates may be provided with rollers 72/ adapted to makecontact with the rails of the railway. These rollers are carried at the;ends of spring arms h Thesprings k are in tenw sion when the soleplates'are in their supporting position (Fig. '9) and thus these springs havean automatic tendency tor'aise the said soleplates as soon as thelatterare relieved of'the weight of the girder like gun In the firingpositionof the gun the soleplates H'which are located on the two sides ofa lowerprojection of the gun; carriage A, are coupled-by means of tie rods 0,in'such a manner as to clamp the carriage girder between them and becarriedby it inits limited sliding movement due to the recoil of the g pThe 'rear 'soleplates are formed on their front ends "with circularbearing 'surfa ces'H struck'from, the axis of the pivot 0t as-theirgeometric center. 7 Against this, circularsurface there isadapted'to'beara projection having corresponding surface A provided onthegirder A (Figs. 3 and 9 1-1 11 anfapparatus of thecharacter-described, thecombination of a plurality of rmy truck groups,and a girder-like gun I carriage mounted to turn thereon on vertlcalplvots, with means for movlng SflIdOaJIHL'gG' around one, of itspivotalpoints independently 'of'sa-id truck-groups or other support.

2. In an apparatus of the character de-.

scribed, the combination; ofia: plurality of railway truck-groups, and agirder-like gun carriage mountedqthereon to turn in a hori-vzontalplan'e, with a turntable pivotally sup- P t by one ofsaid truck-gcarriage-acrosssaid turn table." I p -3. In an apparatus of theJcharacter described, the*combinat1on of a plurality of means "fortraversing the rear of said gun railway truck-groups, and a girder-likecarriagemounte'd thereon to turnina'hori supportedby the-rear one ofsaid truckgroups," a recessed pivot member for the rear of said'carriageon said'turn -table, 1a.. 7 -nut z'vertically pivoted in said recessedpivot zontalplane," with a turn-table :piv'otally member, and ahorizontal traversing screw connected tothere'ar of saidycarriagegandworking in said nut,whereby the rear end said turntable without alteringtheiposition ofjthe; truck-group carrying said turn table.

; of said gun carriage can be traversed iacross i LIn anapparatusof thecharacter def'scribed", the combination ,of-fforwardi and rearwardrailway trucks, "and a girder-like 3 '1 carriagepivotedito each ofsaidtrucks' by vertical" pivots, [with auxiliary devices forsupporting"saidcarriage on a --rail;way,

said devices comprising soleplate's 'separable from the gun carnagefortransportation,

means for clamping said 'sole' plates to the rails'and means connectingsaid carriage to said so1e= plates when the parts arer in firing .POtiOnQQ rearward railway, trucks, and afgirderi-like rearward railwaytrucks, and-Ya, girder-like c t i v no I app,ara' tus of the characterde scribed, the combination f'forward and,

carriage pivoted oe'achj of saidtruCkS 'byyertical pivots, auxiliarydevices for 'suppiortingsaid carriage on a railway, said o jaws carrieddevices coin rising sole plates, clamping by said sole plates forclamping said plates vto the rails of a railway, screws carried by thesole lates, means operated by said screws to efiect the clamping actionof said jaws, and jack screws carried by said carriage and bearing onsaid sole plates.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of aplurality of railway trucks, and a girder-like gun carriage mounted onsaid trucks to turn in a horizontal plane, with additional devices to io support said carriage on the rails of a rail- ;way when in firingposition, said devices com rising a plurality of sole plates suspen edbeneath the carriage during transport, means clamping said sole platesto the rails for firing, tie rods connecting said' EUGENE SCHNEIDER.

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